Memoirs of King Richard the Third and Some of His Contemporaries with an Historical Drama on the Battle of Bosworth
by Jesse, John Heneage
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley / Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty, 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 531 pages, indexed. Signed binding by Tout. Hardcover bound in full tan calf with raised bands on the spine. Six compartments on the spine with gilt tooling and with red and green lettering pieces. Gilt rules and corner stamps on the boards and gilt inner dentelles. Front hinge is rubbed. All edges brightly gilt. Signed (in type) at the top on the verso of the front flyleaf, "Tout Binder." Marbled endpapers. Text is clean. An attractive copy.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051177
- Title
- Memoirs of King Richard the Third and Some of His Contemporaries with an Historical Drama on the Battle of Bosworth
- Author
- Jesse, John Heneage
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley / Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1862
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1862; John Heneage Jesse; Richard III; Richard the Third; King; Tout Binding; Binder; Leather Binding; England; English; History; 19th Century; Rare; Collectible; Fine Binding; Great Britain.
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- General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings; Great Britain;
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Raised Band(s)
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.